Kangaroos will save the world
According to Australian scientists, kangaroos could be the answer to global warming, reports Medindia.com. Kangaroo farts contain virtually no methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent that CO2. Obviously, bacteria in kangaroos’ stomachs makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers. If we can transfer the kangaroo bacteria to cattle and sheep, it may be the answer to global warming.
“Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep,” said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government.
“Not only would they (cattle and sheep) not produce the methane, they would actually get something like 10 to 15 percent more energy out of the feed they are eating.”
This is great news. I only hope it also works for human flatulence. 
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If you were a farmer would you not be thinking,
“this is just a way to tax me, but I have to admire the cheek of it,
charging me for my own cow’s farts”….
I’m left wondering how much did them massive herds of buffalo that used to roam America warm the planet…
Hey, maybe that’s the explanation of the Medievil Warm Period and it’s supposed local variations,
it was the US buffalo herds farts in the wind……
lol.
good thing the americans killed the buffalo. the US is obviously just doing its part to save the environment.
but, but, they are breeding them again…
This will have to be included in future Kyoto thingies.
Hey, hold on an IDEA to help a lot of poor people…
Africa, huge herds of migrating wildebeast.
Which must fart a lot.
Cull them,
get carbon credits,
exploit oil and coal deposits,
provide cheaper, reliable energy,
population develops,
less “poor” illnesses, reduced mortality rate,
increased personal wealth,
leading to reduced birth rate.
Walla,
African population increases solve themselves.
“Shoot a wildebeast today, we’ll prosper tomorrow”..
Lunacy, But that’s the carbon consensus for you..
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